Letter by Rabbi
Tzvi Hirsh Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Omaha
Nebraska. 1922
Handwritten and autographed letter by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Omaha, Nebraska .
In this letter, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh presents his request to the Knesses Rabbanim Haorthodoxim B’america, to prohibit the sale of kosher wine in Omaha due to the numerous potential halachic pitfalls. He also inquires if there is a printing press in New York that possesses Rashi type, since he wishes to publish his sefer on maseches Brachos, Milei D’Brachos, in Rashi script.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Grodzinski (1858-1948), Av Beis Din of Omaha, was one of the leading Torah sages in the late 19th century and early 20th century in America. He was one of the first Lithuanian yeshivah alumni to emigrate and settle in America, and he numbered among the illustrious founders of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis (OU) in America.
Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh was a disciple of his cousin Rabbi Dovid Shlomo Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Ivye, father of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Vilna; Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor of Kovno; and of the Netziv of Volozhin. In 1891, he journeyed to America where he was crowned as the first rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska where he served the community faithfully for 56 years. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh established the first Torah community in Nebraska and dedicated his life to improving kashrus, mikvaos and all religious needs in America. His written legacy includes Mikveh Yisrael on Hilchos Mikvaos (Chicago, 1898), and sefer Beis Hayayin (Monsey, 2011).
Omaha, 1922. Page size: 25×20 cm. Complete letter in his handwriting and autographed. Marginal tears, with all text intact.
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